Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be nullified should freedom of the press ever be successfully challenged.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELTTrue individual freedom cannot exist without economic security and independence. People who are hungry and out of a job are the stuff of which dictatorships are made.
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People acting together as a group can accomplish things which no individual acting alone could ever hope to bring about.
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The Democratic Party will live and continue to receive the support of the majority of Americans just so long as it remains a liberal party.
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The Nation that destroys its soil destroys itself.
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Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.
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We, and all others who believe in freedom as deeply as we do, would rather die on our feet than live on our knees.
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Do Something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.
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Government cannot close its eyes to the pollution of waters, to the erosion of soil, to the slashing of forests any more than it can close its eyes to the need for slum clearance and schools.
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We have always held to the hope, the belief, the conviction that there is a better life, a better world, beyond the horizon.
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Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.
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If civilization is to survive, we must cultivate the science of human relationships – the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace.
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Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle.
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It is one of the characteristics of a free and democratic nation that it have free and independent labor unions.
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Books can not be killed by fire. People die, but books never die. No man and no force can abolish memory… In this war, we know, books are weapons. And it is a part of your dedication always to make them weapons for man’s freedom.
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I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.
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There should be no bitterness or hate where the sole thought is the welfare of the United States of America. No man can occupy the office of President without realizing that he is President of all the people.
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Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them.
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It is better to swallow words than to have to eat them later.
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All of our people all over the country-except the pure-blooded Indians-are immigrants or descendants of immigrants, including even those who came over here on the Mayflower.
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Be sincere; be brief; be seated.
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The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize.
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No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
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In our democracy officers of the government are the servants, and never the masters of the people.
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When you see a rattlesnake poised to strike, you do not wait until he has struck to crush him.
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If you treat people right they will treat you right… ninety percent of the time.
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The real safeguard of democracy is education.
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Go for the moon. If you don’t get it, you’ll still be heading for a star. Happiness lies not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of the creative effort.
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